Morris mattson



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MEDICATED VAPOR-BATH. i i MF 1 A Specification of `Letters `Patent No. 3,284, dated September (28, 1843. y

Figure ,1, of the. rdrawings `above men-7,. tioned, represents a side view of the frame of the tentuof the apparatus. Fig 2, is a topview 4of thebox, whichforms `the bottom of the frame, and which serves as a" packing case for allthe other parts. Fig. 3 is an elevation ofthe whole apparatus as connected togetherfr Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the. steam generator lamp, by whichthe same is heated, and casing, or stand, for the same.

A, Figs. l and 2, is the bottom of the frame, which is formed in two equal and similar parts a, Z), hinged together, the one part, viz a, forming a cover for the other, when turned over upon the same, and both together constituting a box or case, inwhich all the other portions of the apparatus may be stowed. Four small tubes c, c, c, c, are secured in what may be termed the exterior corners of the box, when the same isopened or turned over, as seen in Fig. 2, and the feet of four posts (Z, (Z, CZ, d, are tted closely and inserted in these tubes. These posts have screw joints e, e, &c., at certain parts of them, by which they may be separated into short pieces or put together at pleasure. The said posts are secured together at top by four rods f, f, &c., which extend from one post to the other, each of the rods having a folding joint in its central part, and eyes or holes formed in its ends, through which the pointed tops of the posts are inserted, the ends of the rods resting on shoulders g, g, of the tops of the posts. Over this frame a tent or covering of cloth of suitable material. is thrown and which entirely covers the top and sides of the frame, and is secured down or upon the said frame in any convenient manner. The patient who is to receive a bath, enters this tent, and seats himself upon a chair which has been previously introduced therein. rlhe next part of the apparatus, consists of that by which the hot or medicated vapor is produced and `introduced into t-he tent. It consists of close cylindrical or other proper shaped "ve"ssel `B, supported orwi'n`- closed withinfa cylindricalfcase C, which rests on movable yfeet or legs, L, ZL, infor such as can `beeasily detached from, or secured `to it, at pleasure), and is formed on its "vertical sides ofwire gauze and` on its top .byfa sheet iron cover z', littingupon the said top, and over the top of the boiler.` A

. smokespace exists entirely aroundthe sides and top of the boiler, and ,from the central part of the cover of the case, a pipe 70leads, n conveys, AJthe smoke of the spirit lamp'Y Z` to a chimney or f out of a windowfnlffhe boiler has a short tube Z, inserted and openboiler may be filled with water. "When lthe apparatus is'in use, one extremity of a long tube m, is fitted' closelyfovei" the shorttube Z and leads thesteam or hot vapor, Agenerated by theboileninto a Vbox ad, which is filled with the herbs or medicament, and placed within the tent. After passing through the contents thereof, the steam, impregnated with the medicament issues out formed through the top of the box or medicator. The spirit lamp by which the boiler is heated, is represented as arranged beneath the same. It is composed of a hollow cylindrical wick case, consisting of two concentric tubes n, 0, open at top, and united together at their lower end by a bottom piece 79, p. At `some distance above their lower end, (as seen in Fig. 4) they are surrounded by` a reservoir g, g, which contains the alcohol-` to be burned; suitable orifices formed through the outer tube of the wick case convey the alcohol to the wick. The wick r, is cylindrical, and fits closely over a level of the top of a thin circular metallic or other proper ring t, in its diameter, equal to that of the tube s, and supported about one inch above the tube, by four small standards u, u, &c. The object of this ring, is to prevent the destruction of the wick, by the flame, and at the same time `to support the top of the wick and thereby permitthe flame to descend and act over the entire surface of that part of the interior of the wick, which may be elevated above the inner tube of the wick case; or between it, and the wick case. The wick tube thus arranged, is elevated or depressed by means of` a rod o,

ing into its top,through which (tiibefithe` ofthe tent through aseries of minute holes,

tube s, the top of the wick coming up to the which is attached to the ring by arms fw, fw, and has a rack of teeth in its lower end, into which a toothed pinion operates the said pinion being situated upon a short horizontal shaft y, which has a milled head, or other proper contrivanee of like nature and purpose, on its other end.

In order that the patient himself may regulate the temperature of the vapor, within the tent, at his pleasure, a long key is inserted in the end of the shaft y and extends .through the side of the box A into the interior of the tent. By the patient applying his hand to, and turning this key, the wick may be raised or lowered and the temperature warmed accordingly. rllhe top of the reservoir of the lamp extends a little beyond the side thereof, or so as to form a shoulder' for the lamp to rest upon the bottom a a of the space or casing surrounding the lamp, the said lamp being inserted through a circular orilice formed through the central part of the bottom. The air therefore which is supplied to the flame, rushes upward through the center tube of the wick chamber; and through the wire gauze. It is found that by means of the wire gauze we are enabled generally speaking to raise the temperature of the interior of the tent, to 120 degrees, whereas were we to use a sheet iron or other casing we cannot elevate the same above, from 98 to 117 degrees.

Having thus set forth my invention, I shall claim.

1. The particular method of constructing and rendering portable the frame of the bathing tent, Viz, by forming it of a folding bottom or box in combination with jointed posts, and top rails or other similar contrivances, the whole being substantially as before forth.

2. Also, the mode of sustaining the top, and preventing in a great degree the destruction, of a wick of a spirit lamp by the flame, and also permitting the flame to have access to a great extent of the vertical surface of the wick, viz, by inserting within the said upper part a metallic ring supported on the top of the elevating tube of the wick, the whole being as described.

In testimony that the above is a correct speciiication of my said invention I have hereto set my signature this twenty-eighth day of J uly, of the year A; D. 1843.

MORRIS MATTSON.

l/Vitnesses R. H. EDDY, CHAs. L. Prox. 

